Wow, I hate to say I told you so. But I told you so.
We have an offer on the house. It’s not acceptable as-is, so we will counter. If they don’t accept our counter, that’s that. If they do…
We’ll be looking for a place to live for six months. Because here’s the kicker: The Hubs’ report date isn’t until November.
And here’s another kicker: We don’t have orders yet.
Wouldn’t it be funny if the Air Force changed its mind and didn’t send The Hubs to this school in California after all and we end up staying in Ohio another year like we were supposed to anyway? HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Oh, so funny. I mean, what are the odds? It’s not stuff like that ever happens…
Have I mentioned I’ve had a headache for the past two days?
When I found myself about to press the panic button, I took a few deep breaths… and then I pressed it anyway. Then I finally remembered to pray about it, which didn’t immediately fill me with calm and take away all my worries, but it did focus me to ask, What is stressing me the most about this right now? I immediately answered, How will we move our stuff out of this house without orders? And I realized I was presuming that the cost of moving ourselves would be prohibitive. As in, a hugely expensive, debt-producing endeavor.
So I contacted a couple of moving companies and got some preliminary quotes. And it’s not so bad. The one whose customer service I liked even offers a military discount.
Sometimes praying doesn’t get rid of your problem. But it does help you take care of your problem.
We should find out this weekend if the negotiation turns into a contract. If it does, our house was on the market for a whopping ten days before it sold. Of course, an offer would be contingent upon the usual inspections… But the potential buyers have already sold their house in town; they’re pre-approved with their bank; and they want possession at closing. One month from now.
I’ll keep you posted.
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We always moved the old-fashioned way – rent a BIG U-Haul and load/unload yourself (always with the help of many friends). Or, since you’ll be moving a short distance, rent a medium size U-haul and make more trips. Not easy, but doable. Compare prices, keeping in mind your time is worth something also.
Bottom line – Have Faith in God. You know selling your house in 10 days is not the norm during this economic downturn. It will all work out.
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jolyn Reply:
May 18th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I know, I know… But I think my sanity is going to require some professional intervention. I’m totally recognizing my limitations.
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Good luck with the orders and the sale. Having been USAF myself a while back, I well know how orders come, go, get changed, and so on….
Here’s a civilian tip about moving companies: don’t trust them one inch. They are notorious for loading all your stuff on the truck, and then telling you that there are extra charges (BIG extra charges) that didn’t get listed on the estimate. And since they now have your stuff hostage, you can pay, or they’ll just leave–with your stuff. This happened to us when my wife was helping her oldest son’s family move.
Get a signed estimate from the mover before you agree to hire them. Keep it handy come moving day.
Have the state attorney general’s consumer fraud line number programmed into your cell phone, and at the first hint of bogus charges, call it. Get hold of a live person (you might do a pre-call just to make sure you can get a live one, quickly). Inform the mover that you are talking to the AG’s office, and ask the mover spell his name for you.
You may already know all of this; but if you’ve only done military moves, you may not realize just how rapacious civilian moving companies can be. Good Luck!
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Have I told you that SIL was supposed to deploy 2/10 for an entire year. YD and SIL sold almost everything including granddaughter’s furniture? They donated household goods to Good Will. They were about 3 days from predeployment leave coming home for Christmas when his orders changed. Luckily his reenlistment bonus hit their bank account during their visit home to California, DSIL had to get back after a week to SC to sign papers for a new house and get back to work. They had to get all new stuff. SIL is now deploying in a few months! They are not getting rid of anything. House will sit empty, but maintained by someone SIL has lined up. Luckily deployment is not expected to be more than 7 months, but who knows? All I know is I get my granddaughter and daughter while he is gone! PS: They did not sell a house, they had been living in an apartment!
I hope everything works out just the way you need it to.
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Is Congratulations the right thing to say? I guess congratulations on (hopefully) selling your house, and good luck for all that’s left to come!
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That is stressful! Would make me bananas.
Get yourself some almonds, epsom salts and a bottle of wine (if you are into that kind of therapy) fill the tub with water and salt, drink and eat. Locking the door helps too.
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jolyn Reply:
May 17th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
I’m totally into that kind of therapy. Finally got some almonds today.
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Oh no….
…. Will be waiting for news and I hope it all works out…. DON’T PANIC…..
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Congratulations (I think). I hate the whole process of selling your home. I hope it continues to go this well for you!
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Wow, that sold fast. That’s pretty awesome for the market we’re in! I can imagine it must be very frustrating to be in this holding pattern while you wait to see what the military is going to do. I’m glad you found a place that has military discounts though.
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